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Parisian theatrical, artistic, social, and political life is explored in this history of the Paris Odeon, an opera house that flourished during the Bourbon Restoration. The book traces the complete arc of the Odeon's short but highly successful life from ascent to triumph, decline, and closure.

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List of Illustrations Tables Music Examples Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Part One: The Institution 1.Un delassement honnete et instructif: The City and Music Drama in Restoration Paris 2. L'obligation de jouer le repertoire du premier ordre: Repertory, Infrastructure and Management at the Odeon 3. Cet ensemble si harmonieux et si parfait: The Odeon's Personnel 4. La ferule severe et souvent capricieuse: Control and Consumption Part Two: The Repertory 5. Une heure a l'opera-comique: Occasional Works 6. Rendre service a notre scene lyrique: The Pasticcio 7. Le fruit defendu: Opera Comique and the French Tradition 8. Les heureux etrangers: Italian Music Drama 9. Une lecon de morale: German Music Drama Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index

Music Drama at the Paris Odeon 18241828

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 04/12/2002
      ISBN13: 9780520234451, 978-0520234451
      ISBN10: 0520234456
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Parisian theatrical, artistic, social, and political life is explored in this history of the Paris Odeon, an opera house that flourished during the Bourbon Restoration. The book traces the complete arc of the Odeon's short but highly successful life from ascent to triumph, decline, and closure.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Tables Music Examples Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Part One: The Institution 1.Un delassement honnete et instructif: The City and Music Drama in Restoration Paris 2. L'obligation de jouer le repertoire du premier ordre: Repertory, Infrastructure and Management at the Odeon 3. Cet ensemble si harmonieux et si parfait: The Odeon's Personnel 4. La ferule severe et souvent capricieuse: Control and Consumption Part Two: The Repertory 5. Une heure a l'opera-comique: Occasional Works 6. Rendre service a notre scene lyrique: The Pasticcio 7. Le fruit defendu: Opera Comique and the French Tradition 8. Les heureux etrangers: Italian Music Drama 9. Une lecon de morale: German Music Drama Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index

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